Improvement in umbrellas



C. C. LUSBY.

Umbrellas.

Patented July 22,1873.

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IrvrTnn STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

COMEGYS C. LUISBY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLAS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lllLll, dated July 22,1873; application led June 12, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CoMEGYs GosDn'N Lus- BY, of Philadelphia, in thecounty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Covers for Umbrella Drip -Gups5 and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure I represents a vertical central section of myinvention, the cup expanded. Fig. 2 represents a side view, with cupclosed and covered.

My invention has for its object to provide means whereby a drip -cup maybe readily applied to umbrellas which have been manufactured withoutsuch an appliance, as well as to those in which such cup has beenapplied before nishing; also, to provide an improved cover fordrip-cups, particularly to cu ps which contract and expand, as describedin the patent of Winter and Mueller, March 3l, 1868, assigned to me, andreissued December .31, 1872 5 also, to provide a ferrule or end piece toreceive the wear and keep the drip-cup and its cover in place. Thenature of my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts, having reference particularly, first, to making the stick of thedrip cup removable and separate from the umbrella-stick; second, toforming the cover of telescopic joints 3 third, to forming the ferruleor end in the form of a screw, so that it may be inserted in the stickof the cup and serve to keep the parts together; fourth, to certaindetails of construction, as hereinafter more fully described. Y

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A shows an umbrella with myimprovements yapplied. B is the umbrella-stick, which may, in the lirstinstance, be made to extend only about a half inch beyond the web, ormay be cut off to that length after the umbrella has been manufactured.This part of the stick is provided with a threaded cap, C, to receivethe screw d of the stick D of the drip-cup, this stick being of metal,and made either as a cylinder or a tube. The stick D is provided at itslower extremity with the wooden plug E, which is in the form of theinverted frustum of a cone, and has a threaded core to receive thescrew-ferrule G, which is inserted after the dripcup F has been slippedon and the cover put over it, thereby holding the parts securely inposition. The screw G is formed with a cylindrical head, g, which Iprefer to make of steel or other hard metal, to avoid its wearing outtoo rapidly. H represents the cover, which is made of a series oftelescopic joints, h h, which may be drawn out, as shown in Fig. 2, whenthe drip-cup is closed or contracted; or it may be shut up, or thejoints slided into each other, when the cup is expanded. The upper rimof the top section of the cover is made bell-mouthed or flaringyso as toslide over the cup easily, and the sections are prevented from ycomingapart by bending their adjacent edges in opposite directions, or in andout, and by forming an annular groove, as at h', after the sections havebeen united.

Ihe advantages of the above-described construction are, that thedrip-cups may be made as a separate and distinct article of manufacture,and shipped to distant points, where they can be readily applied toumbrellas in course of construction or already finished. The cover beingformed of telescopic joints, it does not project beyond the end of theferrule when the cup is open, and all danger of bending, breaking, orwearing it by contact with the ground is avoided.

The ferrule is easily applied and removed, and the wooden plug forms awater-tight joint.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A drip-cup provided with a stickindependent of the umbrella-stick, so that it may be applied either tofinished or unnished umbrellas, substantially as described.

2. A telescopic ferrule, forming the cover for an umbrella drip-cup,substantially as described.

2 lellhll 3. In combination with :tn umbre-11a dripcup stick, thesoreW-ferrule Gr, substantially as described.

4. The plug E, 'in combination with the cup an d ferrule, for thepurpose of forming a. watertight joint, as set forth.

5. In combination with the umbrella-stick B, the cup-stick D having thescrew d, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a stick, D, screwferrule G, drip-cup F, andferrule H, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

GOMEGYS C. LUSBY.

Witnesses:

Gno. G. SHELMERDINE, M. DANL. CoNNoLLY.

